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Cyble Inc ☛ Indian Legal Powerhouse S&A Law Hit by CL0P Ransomware Attack
Such attacks highlight the vulnerability of critical infrastructure and the potential ripple effect across various sectors.
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Security Affairs ☛ Akira ransomware attack on Tietoevry disrupted the services of many Swedish organizations
The attack impacted the company’s managed Payroll and HR system named Primula, which is used by Sweden government agencies, including the centralized human resources system used by Sweden’s national government service center (Statens Servicecenter).
At present, Tietoevry cannot provide a definite timeframe for the complete restoration process due to the complexity of the security breach. The overall duration may span several days, possibly weeks.
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TechHQ ☛ Even more cyberattacks on hospitals!
Cyberattacks on hospitals take different forms: when Ardent was hit, hospitals had to close to emergency patients, putting lives at risk. In the case of the Fred Hutchinson Center, all clinics remained open following the attack but patients have been the direct targets of bad actors.
The cyberattack primarily impacted clinical data of former and current Fred Hutchinson patients, although the information of some UW Medicine patients was also leaked, according to hospital leaders.
While many details about the breach are still under investigation, Fred Hutchinson has said it believes [attackers] “exploited a vulnerability” in a workspace software called Citrix that allowed them to gain access to its network.
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Seattle Times ☛ Email threats to patients escalate after Fred Hutch cyberattack
Some patients have started to receive “swatting” threats, in addition to spam emails warning people that unless they pay a fee, their names, Social Security and phone numbers, medical history, lab results and insurance history will be sold to data brokers and on black markets.
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The Register UK ☛ Microsoft admits issues with Windows 10 patch almost 2 months after release
According to the Windows giant: "After installing updates released November 30, 2023 KB5032278 or later, some Windows devices might be unable to complete preparation using System Preparation Tool (Sysprep.exe) due to issues with the status of a Microsoft Edge package. Affected Windows devices will receive a 0x80073cf2 in the setupact.log."
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The Register UK ☛ What Microsoft's latest email breach says about this IT security heavyweight
Late Friday afternoon, Redmond revealed that Russia's Cozy Bear had, once again, broken into its network and stolen emails and files belonging to the tech titan's leadership team, and cybersecurity and legal employees. According to Microsoft, the intrusion happened in late November 2023, and it only detected it on January 12.